MED TERMS EXAM 1

visual learning

type of learning that likes data to be colorful and visually striking. study strategies include flowcharts, diagrams, patterns, shapes, colors, pictures, etc

auditory learning

type of learning that likes hearing it spoken. study strategies include listening to classroom lectures, audiotapes, videotapes, and oral discussions

verbal learning

type of learning that needs speaking to think. study strategies include reading aloud, mnemonics, writing and speaking aloud, etc

kinesthetic learning

type of learning that is tactile; you learn best by touching or seeing it on you. study strategies include touching the body, pointing to place on body, etc

social learning

type of learning when people learn best by interacting with others. study strategies include discussions about specific topics, Q&A sessions, group projects, group games, role-playing, peer assessments, etc

solitary learning

type of earning where people prefer to study alone. study strategies include reading the textbook, reviewing and revising notes, listening to audio recordings, flashcards, etc

global learning

type of learning where you generally see the big picture first

analytical learning

type of learning where you generally need to see the parts before fully comprehending the whole. these learners readily identify patterns and like to group data into categories

suffix

a word part that comes at the end of the medical term

ex: -meter

prefix

a word part that comes at the beginning of the medical term

ex: hypo-

combining form

created by joining a word root with a combining vowel

ex: therm/o

word root

the main stem or primary meaning of the word

combined form

word root + combining vowel

steps to decipher medical terms

1. translate the last word part first

2. translate the first word part next

3. translate following word parts in order

pathology terms

terms that refer to diseases and disorders of all body systems

-iatrics, -iatry

field of medicine

-iatrist, -ician, -ist

specialist

-logist, -ologist

specialist in the study of

-logy, -ology

study of

-centesis

surgical puncture

-cidal, -cide

destroying, killing

-desis

surgical fixation of bone or joint, binding, tying together

-dilation

widening, stretching, expanding

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

-graphy

process of recording

-metry

measurement

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture, suturing

-scopy

visual examination

-therapy

treatment

-tomy

cutting into, incision

-tripsy

crushing

-acusia, -acusis, -cusis

hearing

-algesia, -algesic, -algia, -dynia

pain

-dipsia

thirst

-esthesia

sensation

-opia, -opsia, -opsis, -opsy

vision, view of

-osmia

smell, odor

-phobia

fear

-phoria

feeling

-clasis, -clast

to break

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-emesis

vomiting

-gen, -genesis, -genic, -genous

creating, producing

-kinesia, -kinesis

movement

-lysis

destruction

-pause, -stasis

cessation, stopping

-phage, -phagia

eating, swallowing

-phasia

speech

-rrhage, -rrhagia

bursting forth

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-spasm

sudden involuntary contraction

-uresis

urination

-cele

hernia

-constriction

narrowing

-cytosis

a condition of cells

-derma

skin

-edema

swelling

-emia

a condition of the blood

-gravida

pregnant woman

-ia, -ism

condition

-iasis

pathological condition or state

-itis

inflammation

-lepsy, -leptic

seizure

-lith

stone

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-necrosis

tissue death

-oid

resembling

-oma

tumor

-osis

abnormal condition

-oxia

oxygen

-paresis

slight or partial paralysis

-partum, -tocia

childbirth, labor

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-pepsia

digestion

-phonia

voice

-plasia, -plasm

formation, growth

-plastic

pertaining to formation or growth

-plegia

paralysis

-plegic

pertaining to paralysis

-pnea

breathing

-pneic

pertaining to breathing

-ptosis

drooping, prolapse

-salpinx

uterine (fallopian) tube

-sclerosis

hardening

-static

not in motion, at rest

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-thorax

chest

-trophy

nourishment, growth

-uria

urine

-graph

recording instrument

-meter

measuring instrument

-scope

viewing instrument

-tome

cutting instrument

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ial, -ic, -ical, -ory, -ous, -tic, -tous

pertaining to

-cyte, -cytic

cell